SYMPHONY SETS WORLD RECORD!! !

[Meekacat]

Currently on Symphony of the Seas and Captain Angel announced that this transatlantic sailing has set the WORLD RECORD for most souls on a ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean with 7,604 passenger and crew onboard! 

[John&LaLa]

Just now, Meekacat said:

Currently on Symphony of the Seas and Captain Angel announced that this transatlantic sailing has set the WORLD RECORD for most souls on a ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean with 7,604 passenger and crew onboard! 

 

Sounds empty. We have 8600 on Oasis now😉

[robmtx]

42 minutes ago, Meekacat said:

Currently on Symphony of the Seas and Captain Angel announced that this transatlantic sailing has set the WORLD RECORD for most souls on a ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean with 7,604 passenger and crew onboard! 

 

That's a lot of people on a TA!  I want to do a TA someday, but always have the idea of them being 25-50% empty but sounds like you guys are well into your 3rd/4th berths! 

Edited March 18, 2023 by robmtx

[Biker19]

4 minutes ago, robmtx said:

but always have the idea of them being 25-50% empty but sounds like you guys are well into your 3rd/4th berths! 

The 7604 is total,  2K+ of that is crew so "only" about 5600 passengers making it about 100% capacity (no need for anything above double occupancy) - certainly high for a TA. There were some very low prices for that sailing.

[robmtx]

11 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

The 7604 is total,  2K+ of that is crew so "only" about 5600 passengers making it about 100% capacity (no need for anything above double occupancy) - certainly high for a TA. There were some very low prices for that sailing.

Yeah a bit crowded for a TA! I always enjoy reading about TA's from CC regulars who talk about the crossings being like ghost towns. 

[Meekacat]

6 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

The 7604 is total,  2K+ of that is crew so "only" about 5600 passengers making it about 100% capacity (no need for anything above double occupancy) - certainly high for a TA. There were some very low prices for that sailing.

5,380 Passengers and 2,224 Crew.  1,750 of the passengers were Diamond level and above.  About 500 children which was unusually high for a transatlantic.  Overall a wonderful sailing with generally great weather despite a lot of motion from the ocean which was unsettling to folks on their first sailing.   

 

[Biker19]

3 minutes ago, robmtx said:

Yeah a bit crowded for a TA!

Even the least popular ship/repo at low prices is likely to be above 80% capacity - the days of 50% capacity on any itinerary are long gone.

[Saab4444]

2 hours ago, Meekacat said:

Currently on Symphony of the Seas and Captain Angel announced that this transatlantic sailing has set the WORLD RECORD for most souls on a ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean with 7,604 passenger and crew onboard! 

I am not sure that this is an achievement…

[Defender1158]

Just a point of interest...

 

During July of 1943, the Queen Mary carried 15,740 soldiers and 943 crew for a total of 16,683 souls on board as part of the World War II troop build-up prior to D-Day.  Some of the soldiers were required to sleep on deck during the Trans-Atlantic crossing.  This is generally recognized as the most persons transported on a single vessel.  

[taglovestocruise]

5 hours ago, Meekacat said:

5,380 Passengers and 2,224 Crew.  1,750 of the passengers were Diamond level and above.  About 500 children which was unusually high for a transatlantic.  Overall a wonderful sailing with generally great weather despite a lot of motion from the ocean which was unsettling to folks on their first sailing.   

 

Bummer about the number of kids. We have done a half dozen TA'S with the number of kids usually around a dozen. All but one TA were Westbound in Oct.  All on Oasis class. 

[cruiseboy89130]

Yeah the kids count on TA's has been enourmous lately😰

[John&LaLa]

15 hours ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

Yeah the kids count on TA's has been enourmous lately😰

 

We have 100+ on the Serenade World Cruise

[twangster]

19 hours ago, Defender1158 said:

Just a point of interest...

 

During July of 1943, the Queen Mary carried 15,740 soldiers and 943 crew for a total of 16,683 souls on board as part of the World War II troop build-up prior to D-Day.  Some of the soldiers were required to sleep on deck during the Trans-Atlantic crossing.  This is generally recognized as the most persons transported on a single vessel.  

 

Came here to post the same.  

 

A poster on the ship:  

 

 

Edited March 19, 2023 by twangster

[John&LaLa]

4 minutes ago, twangster said:

 

Came here to post the same.  

 

A poster on the ship:  

 

 

 

The bride ships coming home from England were pretty full as well as I recall

[cruiseboy89130]

22 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

We have 100+ on the Serenade World Cruise

That's bad too!

[sgmn]

22 hours ago, Meekacat said:

5,380 Passengers and 2,224 Crew.  1,750 of the passengers were Diamond level and above.  About 500 children which was unusually high for a transatlantic.  Overall a wonderful sailing with generally great weather despite a lot of motion from the ocean which was unsettling to folks on their first sailing.   

 

Glad you had a good time. We nearly booked, at one time the pricing was amazingly low.

We're on her in the Med in a few weeks.  How has been the food and entertainment?

[cruiseboy89130]

1 minute ago, sgmn said:

How has been the food and entertainment?

FB says food is awful 😞

[John&LaLa]

3 minutes ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

That's bad too!

 

Honestly, I think we'll get used to them😇

 

Should be quite an adventure for them

[John&LaLa]

2 minutes ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

FB says food is awful 😞

 

I've read good and bad

[time4u2go]

20 hours ago, Defender1158 said:

Just a point of interest...

 

During July of 1943, the Queen Mary carried 15,740 soldiers and 943 crew for a total of 16,683 souls on board as part of the World War II troop build-up prior to D-Day.  Some of the soldiers were required to sleep on deck during the Trans-Atlantic crossing.  This is generally recognized as the most persons transported on a single vessel.  

Sounds like the captain of the Symphony needs to get their facts straight.

[John&LaLa]

9 minutes ago, Gifguy said:

Sound delightlful....I can only imagine this is what the pool looks like...

 

 

 

Icon will be worse😉

[DirtyDawg]

7604 is peanuts. But if each of those 7604 folks ate 76 hotdogs at one sitting, now THAT would be a REAL Word's Record. 🌭

😁

 

 

Edited March 19, 2023 by DirtyDawg